serious concerns from parents and staff at a local school. >> a loaded gun was found in a locker. we'll tell who you made the discovery and how officials are reacting this morning. >> we are live all morning long on the ellipse for all the excitement leading up to the lighting of the national christmas tree. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. happy thursday. live look outside right now at the washington monument. it is straight up 6:00. thing are changing. it was warm a couple of days and now it is back to normal, back to our typical december weather. good morning to you. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm he tony perkins, in for

sarah simmons this morning. you know, you expect this to happen because you told us about it. but still, it's like no! we liked that couple of days. >> it is kind of like the lunch bag letdown. you are a kid, you open your lunch bag and it's like oh, not what i thought. >> mother nature whipped them in and whipped them out. bundle up if you are heading out. it is seriously chilly out there. we have a few high clouds to the north and west of us but other than that, we are expecting clear conditions and lots of sunshine today. ridge of high pressure is in control and that will set us up for sunshine. yesterday's highs, 63 at reagan national airport. 61 at dulles and 64 at bwi thurgood marshall. temperatures will be some 20 degrees or so cooler than that into the course of today and actually, even with our high today, we will be below the seasonal average. the 70s are long gone. so don't expect them anymore. here is a look at where we

stand right now. 30 at dulles. 2 at bwi thurgood march marshall. winds are light. they will remain that way throughout the course of the day. our high today, expected to be 36 degrees. no shortage of sunshine. you will have plenty of that. it will be chilly and the wind will be light. do prepare yourself. up fortunately, it is here to stay for the day. we have some changes coming up in our weekend forecast as well and i'll have the details later on. >> at least we have some sunshine. >> that's it. you can't have it all. >> we'll take it. that's fine. thank you. let's go to julie wright with the latest on this morning's traffic woes. >> not only do we have sunshine but we have pineapple. thankfully, no one was injured in this incident and sky fox is live above the scene of what we're talking about. the outer loop of the beltway right here at the decision point if you are going to go northbound on 270 or continue around the outer loop of the beltway over towards old georgetown road. this is where we have the crash and it involved a tractor-

trailer which nipped over on its side. its contents, pineapple. they are in the process of offloading that pineapple as we speak. the right lane of the beltway remains closed as you continue westbound around 495. you can see the crews out here trying to clean up this mess. this will be with us throughout our morning commute. let's start planning ahead of what we can do to make the commute a little easier for you. typically, it is already slow from 95 headed through silver spring. not going to take long for all of this to become one continuous delay. here is the truck overturned on its side. as you can see, right lane remains closed on the beltway as you continue around towards old georgetown road and making your way to the american legion bridge. your options at this time, the icc, that is open for you. also randolph road north of the beltway and 410, the east-west highway south of 495, all viable workarounds for you. northbound 39 5, the early morning incident off the road to the shoulder. traffic it is heavy traveling up towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic.

>> thank you. a scary find inside a fairfax county school after a gun is found inside a student's locker. >> the school insists that no students were ever in danger. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live at robinson secondary school with the latest on this investigation. >> this is a very large school here. it comprises a middle school and high school. so far, we don't know the age or the grade of the student or students who were involved in this incident. school officials say they are taking it very seriously and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. still, this many, many questions that the school community would like to have answered. it was administrators at the school who found the gun in the student's locker. now, investigators say there was an ammunition magazine in the weapon but they didn't release any other details about what led school officials to the locker. a letter edmonton mailed to parents by the school principal says there will be severe consequences for the infraction. it also refers to more than one

student involved saying, quote, the suspects involved have been identified and questioned. now, parents were notified using fairfax county school system's e-mail alerts but it doesn't sound like students were told at the school until they got home. many did hear it new rumor and some parents felt the school did take appropriate action. >> actually, i think i was very relieved that they dealt with it as well as they did. it sounds like it was caught quickly and the situation was dealt with and the kids were kept safe. so i think it is a pretty safe school. >> reporter: some parents were a bit more rattled. a lot of them have more questions. they want to know what was the age of the student and they want to more more about how many students were involved, what kind of gun was it and what was the reason the gun was in the locker. some of those answers are still unclear. we haven't gotten that clarified either by the fairfax county school system or by fairfax county police. if we hear anything new, we'll

let you know. >> all right. thank you very much. and we have a news alert on syria now. u.s. officials say the syrian military has loaded active chemical weapons into bombs and is just waiting a final order from embattled president bashar assad to use the deadly weapons against it is syrian people. there are reports that the army is preparing sarin gas that could be deployed from airplanes. if the regime does fall, the worry is that the weapons of mass destruction could fall into the hands of terrorists. could it be a sign that the stalemate in the fiscal cliff talks could be resolved soon. wednesday, president obama spoke with john boehner and eric cantor says the gop is ready to, quote, talk specific. if an agreement is not reached, defense employees will take a

hard hit. almost half of the automatic cuts that would take effect will impact the department of defense and civilian employees are expected to be first to feel it. new this morning, the duchess of cambridge is out of hospital and as we see in this video, just in to the newsroom, she and prince william were seen leaving about 0 minutes ago to head to kensington palace. the couple is expecting their first child and kate had been hospitalized for severe morning sickness. her stay in the hospital was uneventful except for a prank call by a pair of australian dj is pretrending to be the queen and prince charles. same-sex couples in washington state line up to say i do and the state rolls out a controversial new law that legalizes smoking pot in private. >> a software giant arrested. john mcafee is at the center of an investigation into his neighbor's murder. that is not why he was taken into custody. we'll explain when fox 5 morning news continues.  welcome t to chevys year-end event.

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out and mr. han was killed. a couple of high profile and controversial laws are now in effect in washington state. same-sex couples can now legally get married. many people wasted little r the time and lined occupy outside a seattle administering building shortly after the governor signed the law yesterday. the law legalizing marijuana possession also went into effect in washington state. adults can have up to one ounce of pot but it is still banned from public use just like drinking alcohol. coming up next, remembering a jazz legend who helped bring the art form to the masses with a hit that can just about put anybody in a good mood. >> but first, we'll have today's forecast that will also make you feel good as we listen to some of that music. we'll check in with gwen when fox 5 morning news continues. q

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wear just 19 days away from christmas. how can that be? the national christmas tree lighting ceremony gets started at 4:30 today. this is its 9 onth year. actor neil patrick harris will lead a star-studded line-up. president obama and the first lady or the first family will flip the swim. we'll take you live to a preview of that is coming up. >> -- or the first family will flip the switch. >> a chilly start to our day. unlike yesterday, temperatures really are taking a big drop. so let's take a look and see

what you can expect. we do have plenty of sunshine today. there is a ridge of high pressure that is actually building in and that is going to give us a lot of sun into the course of the day today. we had a lot more clouds yesterday. however, things improved and we are very grateful that we are going to see at least some bright skies so not bad at all. it will be much cooler. we are auctioning about below average temperatures today. the last for you days, we've been well above seasonal. -- we are talking about below average temperatures today. here is a look at our sky conditions. a few clouds to the north, a few to the west but other than that, fairly clear conditions today across the entire area. that ridge of high pressure is going to do its job with the sunshine. chilly start to your day. bundle up if you are heading out. 28degrees at gaithersburg. 23 at frederick. 30 at dulles. 35 at d.c. and 27 degrees at both winchester and cumberland. up the mid-atlantic, we have 30

for boston and 30 degrees for new york city. 4 34 to the south in roanoke. today's current temperatures, 35 at d.c. 30 at dulles and 28 at bwi myrrh shall. we are actually a lot cooler than we were yesterday at this time. winds are calm. we had gusty winds and wind chills yesterday as well. that is another factor we don't have to deal with. so that ridge of high pressure in control keeping up the sunshine. it will be cool and chilly as we move through into the course of tomorrow. looks like we'll see showers as we head through into sunday. 46 for today and then sunny skies and chilly. and tonight, 36 degrees. a little bit cooler in the suburbs. prepare for that. we creep into the 60s by the time saturday comes around. that looks great. however, a few showers for your sunday and monday before we get back to dry conditions on tuesday into wednesday. temperatures just rising ever so slightly. another tease from mother nature. >> absolutely.

all right. on the roads this morning, it started off around 2:00. the trt overturned on its side loaded with pineapple. we are continuing to clean this up with the crew in sky fox hovering above. thank you, chopper brad. outer loop of the beltway here at the decision point to go northbound on 270 or continue around the capital beltway. that is where this wreck occurred. you will find the right lane remains closed. the right lane will be closed throughout the morning drive because of this ongoing cleanen up. there were boxes of pineapples on this truck. they have to move the truck out of your way. typically, the outer loop slows from 59 to georgia avenue. not going to take long for this delay to connect to the backup already forming at 355 headed westbound around the beltway. so while you are grabbing that cup of joe, think ahead. what can i do to get around it. the icc is a viable option, randolph road, 410. you do not want to get stuck on the top stretch of the beltway. it looks look they are pulling up some tow trucks here.

this is going to slow down your ride this morning. we had business 5 over at mattawoman beantown road and we had the crash at duke street. lanes are open once again headed out towards shirlington. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. very sad to hear this news yesterday. music legend dave brubeck has passed away. he helped bring jazz to the masses with the hit song being take five. it came from the 1959 album, time out. the first jazz album to sell one million copies. his music broke barriers as he toured in countries in the middle east and the soviet union. he was awarded alive time achievement grammy in 1996 and wads name a kennedy center honoree in 2009. he died yesterday in norwalk, connecticut. he would have turned 92 today. great music.

his was some of the first music i ever heard. my moms with a jazz fan and had that album. it hay lasting impact. >> still around to this day. people still listen to that song. >> yep. >> coming up income, we go live to fox business network in new york. you've heard the joke there is a starbucks on every corner. get yesterdayy -- get ready for more of that because the coffee chain is expanding. >> heading to the break, have you ever wanted to smell like your favorite food. pizza hut has released its own perfume. they asked facebook fans what they would name a pizza hut perfume. by the way, it is called pizza hut perfume. 

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you may soon start to see even more starbucks on the corners. we'll have more on that in just a moment. let's take a look at the markets. lauren simonetti is live in new york with this morning's business beat. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the dow takes a jump and nasdaq takes a slump. what is going on here? >> well, the dow and the s&p rallied for the first time this week yesterday and they are up again this morning. so there is the good news. but the nasdaq hay big problem. that was apple. a six plus percent decline in apple shares. that was the biggest decline in four years. that weighed on the tech heavy nasdaq. issue right now is a research report saying that its market share of the global tablet market will fall to below 50% by 2016 as android becomes more popular. that is one of the things that weighed on investors yesterday. >> also, we want to talk about this. starbucks, it seems like they are already everywhere.

how is it possible they could put more stores anywhere else? >> if they are strategically located, it will work. remember during the reserks we started to see starbucks close down. i never actually saw a starbucks close down but i read about it. now, they are bringing a lot of the stores back in different areas. starbucks says their gnaw cafes bring in more money than existing ones. so they are putting them in the right places. when people go into a starbucks, they typically just buy a drink. they don't buy food and a drink. starbucks is looking to get to you buy both. we need that $450 gift card. >> oh, yeah. we got it. thank you very much. >> have a good day. a good day. coming up later this hour, we are live on the ellipse with a preview of this year's

national christmas tree lighting. and speaking of big events, the redskins take on the ravens. a gun found in a locker at a local school. we'll have more reaction on that when fox 5 morning news comes back in a moment. 

we are gearing up for a special day here at fox 5, this friday. tomorrow, stuff a struck 2012 when we get together with the capital area food bank to raise awareness about hunger in the d.c. region and get you to help us stuff their trucks with needed food items. come out to the following giant food locations to donate. brentwood, montrose crossing, greenbriar and hyattsville. members of the fox 5 news team will be at these locations throughout the day friday. there are also 12 other drop on off sites. can you find those on our web site at myfoxdc.com. always a fun event for a very good cause. >> i'll be out at brentwood tomorrow morning.

>> very good junior high school after 6:00. >> i've been out there many times. a lot of nice folks come by too. a lot of fun. >> chilly start to our morning this morning i'm far cry from yesterday where we had really mild conditions as we started out. but mother nature dealing us the hand that we should have. how's that? >> there you go. >> we had really nice conditions over the course of the last few days. a lot cooler across the area. here is a look at our current temperatures. 35degrees at reagan national airport. 30degrees at dulles and 28 at bwi. so a cool start to your day. winds are calm and they are going to remain light as well into the course of today. no gusty winds. i know yesterday those winds were really strong but that is new a big change. here is a look at your day uch cooler. temperatures will be below seasonal, unlike being above. we were above seasonal but that

is all changing now. our high today at 46 degrees. >> very good. thank you, ma'am. >> now, time to check traffic. >> big story this morning, the overturned tractor-trailer still on its side as you make your way over towards the exit for northbound 270. this accident occurred around 2:00 a.m. this morning at the decision point to go northbound on 270 or continue with the outer loop of the beltway. chopper brad showing us the big delay forming on the outer loop coming out of bethesda towards this scene. they have to offload the truck and get the truck back up on its wheels so they can get it on its way. this portion of your commute will remain closed throughout the morning drive. the icc is a viable option for you. you don't have to have a pass for that. they will send you a bill in the mail. that will work for you as well as randolph road or even 410, the east-west highway. this is at the decision point

to go northbound on 270 or continue with the outer loop of the beltway. delays already forming between 9 and georgia avenue and delays continue westbound 495 around towards the exit for 270. let's continue with the cameras. we'll show you what else is out there on the roads. southbound 270 itself open for business but below speed out of hyattstown. i've got delays northbound on 395. accident activity off the roadway here to the shoulder with big backups from edsall road out towards landmark. comont. >> thank you. and now to a story we continue to cover this morning. a disturbing find inside one fairfax county school. >> a loaded handgun was found inside the student's locker. the school insists students were never at risk. melanie alnwick joins us with the latest. >> reporter: some parents here are quite rattled by this incident. they say they would like to know a little bit more about exactly what was going on here

at robinson secondary school. they want to know what kind of gun it was and why it ended up in a student's locker. it was administrators at the school who discovered the gun in the locker. investigators say there was an ammunition magazine in the weapon but didn't release any details. they haven't said anything about the age, gender or grade level of student who had the gun a letter was e-mailed to parents by the school principal and said scherr taking this situation seriously and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken, calling it severe consequences. the letter also refers to more than one student involved saying the suspects have been identified and questioned. parents were notified using the county school system's e-mail alert but it sounds line students weren't told until necessity got home. >> i have a seventh grader who didn't know what had happened. my tenth grader had heard but it was dealt with so quickly

that i think the kids felt very safe. >> reporter: the letter says students and staff were never in any dapping anterior and quote, we recognize the don haineser associated with any weapon present in the school. he wuls writes, we will continue to monitor the situation to ensurthe safety of students. -- he also writes, we will continue to monitor the situation to insure the safety of students. -- the letter says students and staff were never in any danger. its the threat of syria using chemical weapons. syria's army is reportedly ready to good led did i sarin gas in bombs that could be dropped on civilians. secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with russia's foreign minister and the united nations mediator

this morning in a new diplomatic effort to end that war. here at home, president barack obama spoke on the phone with house speaker john boehner on avoiding the fiscal cliff. but boehner as facing a growing backlash among rank and file republicans. some say they will never support tax hikes but others are breaking with the leadership saying they will support the president's demand for an increase on rates on upper incomes. new this morning, more support for a push to crack down on texting while driving in virginia. legislation is in the works that would classify texting behind the wheel as reckless driving. the virginia state crime commission has announced its support for the measure. it is not expected to be taken up until early next year. ext y time now not morning line and everybody is talking about

sunday's redskins-ravens game. redskins have lost the last two against baltimore. now, as far as the redskins injuries are concerned, london fletcher sat out of practice yesterday with an ankle injury and left tackle trent williams continues to nurse a deep thigh bruise. deangelo hall is in a boot but it is like lie all of them way play this weekend. back up cornerback cedric griffin is out for the season. he tested positive for adderall. the drug is a banned substance in the nfl. now, sunday's game has set off a friendly wager between two local leaders. howard county executive ken olman-a ravens fans says for the redskins win, he will wear rg iii's jersey for an entire day. you but if the ravens win, he

wants rushern baker on wear a ravens jersey. >> we keep it friendly. coming up in next on fox 5 morning news, holly is live with a preview of the christmas tree lighting. she has gotten there early. we'll check in with her month fore on the big event. holiday greeting from our service members overseas. overs >> i am currently deployed to kabul, afghanistan. i would like to say happy holidays to my wife, samantha and to my kids, my daughter isabella and my son armando iii. 

james taylor, the fray, jason mraz and baby face. they are all in town to help celebrate the 90th annual lighting of the national christmas tree. >> holly morris joins us now from the ellipse with more. >> reporter: good morning. tony, i'm he here early to make sure i got my seat. i have the pick of the place right now, right? but listen, no, they are actually already here getting ready. this is a big deal and it not only kicks off the christmas season here in the nation's capital but really in the nation in general. the president and the first family will flip the switch later this evening and they always do it in a star-studded way. the people that helped put it all together, the national park service, of course. >> good morning. >> it feels like christmas this

morning. >> it is not 70 degrees like it was. >> no, just yesterday or whatever. but that is okay. we are getting into the season and i was saying earlier, there is a really good line-up as far as the stars. >> a spectacular line-up. we have baby face, which to visitors around d.c., have been asking when they can come and see him. you have an amazing choir, jason mraz. >> and someone called names james taylor. >> and of course of course, james taylor. >> who you most excited to see? >> i'm most excited to see james taylor. he spent some time looking at the national christmas tree railroad when he finished. >> reporter: the people that are lucky enough to have tickets, logistically, what do they need to know. >> the big thing is remember your ticket. with when you come downtown, metro is always the befort way

to get down here. everyone with a ticket will enter on 17th street at the ellipse. you will be walking through security. all the things that you can can't take into an airport keep that in mind. the aerosols, pocket knives, the little things that you carry around on a daily basis, you won't be able to bring them into the ellipse. >> dress warmly. >> do bring your camera. cameras are permitted. >> you mean bring your phone. >> exactly. >> for people that don't have tickets, don't come today, right? >> don't come today. you can watch it online. it will be streamed from national tree.org. >> this is just kicking off the pageant of peace. >> it is open from 10:00 a.m. on saturday. we are musical performances every evening until the #rd.

that musical performance of the month will have the same backdrop of the show that we have tonight. -- we have musical performances every evening until the 23rd. >> we can see the stage, the tree and the white house all in one fell swoop. >> the old stage that was facing to the west with the trees sort of off its right. today, we have the best backdrop possible. instead of sets and design, it is a postcard image. you have the iconic white house. you have a brand-new transplanted live colorado blue spruce. >> transplanted in october of this year. just in final for hurricane sandy it weathered well. >> we are hoping to spend christmas with this tree for many years to come. >> thank you for coming out this morning. really appreciate it. you saw some pictures of the tree being lit. that was last year. this one hasn't been turned on just yet. but coming up in the next hour,

we'll talk more about the history of this event and also about the light theme to this year and the lights on the tree. that is all coming up in our 7:00 hour. back to you. >> it is always very pretty. thank you very much, holly. >> be a part of the fox 5 holiday tradition. you can accepted us your ornaments for the fox achristmas tree. we'll decorate a tree with your festive donation and give it to a local charity to brighten up their day. send your ornament to 5151 wisconsin avenue northwest, washington, d.c. 20016 and be sure to put it to the attention of the fox 5 christmas tree. as tucker barnes is off for a acouple of days of rest and relaxation. gwen tolbart is here to tell us what we can expect today. >> cool, cool, chilly, dress warm if you are heading down there tonight for sure. layers always work. we are a far cry from where we have been temperature-wise so just prepare yourself because it will be cold. our temperatures no longer in

the others for this early- morning hours like they were yesterday or the day before. clouds, a few streaming into to the north and west of us. high clouds. we are talking mainly sunshine for the course of today. we have a ridge of high pressure that is actually in control. speaking of yesterday, here is a look at the highs. we hit 6 # at reagan national airport. 61 at dulles an 64 at bwi thurgood marshall. -- 61 at reagan national airport. the temperatures aren't going to warm up very much into the course of the day. we'll be below the seasonal average into the 40s. winds are calm. we had really gusty wind yesterday so we won't have to deal with that. yesterday, we had significant wind chill as a result. a resul so for today, highs will be into the 40s. we might hit a 50 or so here

and there. 55 at fredericksburg. 51 at manassas. overall, the temperatures will remain into the 40s below seasonal with that ridge of high pressure building in. achilly start to the day but the sun will be around all day long. we'll keep our eye on the frontal system as we head through into the beginning of weekend. that will set us up for a chance of see something showers as we head through into the sunday period. here is a look at your thank you time highs warming up a little bit by saturday into the low 60s. not bad at all. a little bit of a moisture lift expected into the course of tonight as well. that could mean a little bit of precipitation over the potomac high lands and the west virginia panhandle. we'll watch that. if it gets cold enough tonight, they could see i little bit of freezing rain. but other than that, things will stay calm throughout the period. period. >> very good. calm and cold. >> right. >> guess what it is time for.

>> don't come in here and try to take that away from me. you didn't even do it right. >> thank you. >> tucker is off. gwen is here to help us out with that. one person wrote in several questions. so we'll jump right in. i want to give our thanks to elizabeth hood, our producer who did a lot of the work on this one today. today's question is from jenna b. in kensington, maryland. we feel like this was kind of timely and a lot of people get enjesse jacksoned on christmas day. where do american wedding extra digs originate? why does the bride wear a white dress? why does the bride need something old, something new, smog bother he had, something blue. why walk down the aisle with flowers and why toss the garter and bouquet. >> why get married at all? >> just kidding. >> we'll jump right in.

the wedding dress and tradition of wearing white. for hundreds of years, the white dress has reflected the purity. there is a belief that came about in the 20th century that it represents the bride never having been with a man before. so purity. but it really represents the purity of the bride's heart that she is now giving to the man she loves. white dresses are -- became popular with queen victoria when she married her cousin in 1840. she wore white and from then on, people were like oh, we got to wear white. now, having said that, women before her wore white as well but she was the queen and she popularized it and as quickly as 1849 in books, they were saying you got to wear white because of this and this and

this. let mow say one other thing. also, in modern times, grace kelly, when she married prince of mop co, she wore white silk appear lace which also became popular. it goes way back. i want to add one thing. with the white dresses, even before victoria, white -- marriages used to be arranged and they were largely for the upper echelon and it was a transference of wealth and all that kind of thing and white fabrics were hard to get, hard to keep, hard to keep clean so that was a representation of wealth. it was mainly to show off how wealthy you were. >> something old, something new, smog borrowedded something blue. the full saying a silver six

pence in her shoe. it first and in 1883. something old the symbol for her family. something new, a symbol for the new life ahead of her. something borrowed, borrowed from another happy dried. and something blue is a symbol for fidelity, purity and love. an a six pence in her shoe. it was for future prosperity and wealth. they don't really do that much anymore. >> and i have some information on the garter and the flowers. >> you do. you have the flowers? >> a couple of things first of all, they say the nows are are good for emotion. roses, love, and in greek brides, ivy met never ending love. this the 15th century, most of the marriages were in june and they only took yearly baths and those happened in may. so have -- baths.

>> not showers, bathing. and they said that back then, the brides carried the flowers to disguise the smell of the body odor. >> i don't believe that. >> i'm just saying what we found online. it is probably not true. and then the garter, they are saying in -- back in medicine evil europe that the single ladies used to chase the bride after to get pieces of the wedding dress and they would take pieces and tear it all to tatters because it was good love. they realized later on that that wasn't working so well show they started throwing the gulstan dart are so this they would have something else they could take. -- glowing the garter so that they would have something else they could take. -- throwing the garter so that they would have something else they could take. >> thank you, jenna for the question. if you have a question you want

answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. >> there you go. >> time now to head over to julie wright to see what is happening with the morning commute. >> all of that and we're not going to talk about the music of billy idol. >> we got to mention billy idol and white wedding. >> what says i love you forever like billy idol? oh, yeah. outer loop of the beltway, this is where my tractor-trailer flipped over around 2:00 a.m. this morning. it was loaded with pineapple. the right side of the roadway still blocked right now. they are trying to offload the pineapple onto another tractor- trailer to get it out of the way. chopper brad live over the scene with these huge delays forming back here. 95, college park headed west. your options include the icc, randolph road north of the beltway or even 410, the east- west highway south of 495 as your workaround. we do have footage from this off the ground.

this thing flipped over on its side. we are offloading all of. this boxes of pineapple being off loaded onto another truck at this time. this will take some time to clear, folks. and this is a mess for your westbound 495 commute this morning. heads up northbound 295, the accident reported before the 11th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >> thank you. straight ahead at 7:00, new hope for breast cancer survivors faced with the possibility of relapse. >> a drug already used to treat the disease is showing promise when a change is made to how long it is taken. we'll explain that during the next hour.  every time someone chooses finish over cascade,

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